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Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors will demand explanation for discrepancies between companies' nominated environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and any divergences in practice in the way that they currently question discrepancies in financial matters ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... the next year, Armstrong said. In addition to its operations in Australia, COzero also manages a portfolio of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, a vehicle that allows for the implementation of an emission-reduction project in developing countries. ...

Stockland increases green star ratings, reduces water use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... its office portfolio by 11% and its retail portfolio by 10%, commenced installing LED lights at its Stockland Nowra development and reported a 64% decrease in injury frequency in 2011 against an underlying profit of AU$652.4m, an 8.7% increase over 2010. ...

Governance, environmental issues for AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... special resolution requires 75 percent of votes to be cast in favour for it to pass. "Broadly speaking, the biggest development we've seen is the development of the Climate Advocacy Fund," Paterson said. "It's a passive fund that seeks to give market ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... consultation around the regulations for permit allocation and auctioning process as well. "The next area of regulatory development for us will be the specific regulations under the clean energy future bills around the permit allocation and auctioning ...

Investor groups call for climate change policy action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... international treaty that sets short, medium and long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, support for the development of robust carbon markets that send strong and clear price signals on carbon, and support for the development of the United ...

Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance, a Brisbane-based community development finance institution, believes that recent allocations by the federal government and superannuation fund Christian Super demonstrate that they can provide risk adjusted return that is ...

Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... of private capital to emerging technologies and businesses. Overcoming investment barriers related to technological development and deployment, the scale of investment opportunities and inadequate risk adjusted returns are all important priorities for ...

New standards for measuring GHG emissions in value chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... collaborative body developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The Corporate Value Chain and Product Life Cycle Standards were developed with input from business leaders, NGOs ...

Christian Super allocates $6m to social enterprise fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their ...